Emerging Infectious Diseases (Nov 2010)

Enterovirus 75 Encephalitis in Children, Southern India

  • Penny Lewthwaite,
  • David Perera,
  • Mong How Ooi,
  • Anna Last,
  • Ravi Kumar,
  • Anita Desai,
  • Ashia Begum,
  • Vasanthapuram Ravi,
  • M. Veera Shankar,
  • Phaik Hooi Tio,
  • Mary Jane Cardosa,
  • Tom Solomon

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1611.100672
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 11
pp. 1780 – 1782

Abstract

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Recent outbreaks of enterovirus in Southeast Asia emphasize difficulties in diagnosis of this infection. To address this issue, we report 5 (4.7%) children infected with enterovirus 75 among 106 children with acute encephalitis syndrome during 2005–2007 in southern India. Throat swab specimens may be useful for diagnosis of enterovirus 75 infection.

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